"Hold me, please..." - T.O

Chapter 59: Tremble

{3rd person POV}

"Are you serious, Raichi!? Won't you ever quit bullying Iqram!?" Kira yelled furiously.

"What? His fault for standing in the middle of my way" Raichi exclaim, tossing the soccer ball with his right hand.

Kira narrowed his eyes at him.

"What did he even do to you?!" Chigiri yell after.

"For existing! I'm so disgusted enrolled in the same school with a two coloured-eye freak" Raichi spat as the other two snickers behind him.

"Why you-"

"You guys... Stop... It's okay.." Iqram spoke, making the boys turned to him.

"Hah?! What part of it is o-kay?" Kumigami asked.

"Yeah! He's bullying you, Iqram!" Isagi stated.

Iqram just flashes a smile at them.

"It's really okay... I... got used to it in my... previous school.." Iqram reply.

The boys looked at him disbelief but gave up afterwards.

"Fine... Let's get going guys... I don't want to stay any longer with the bullies..." Bachira suggested and pull Iqram's wrist.

As the group was about to leave, Raichi spoke again.

"Hey~ Leaving so soon? Wait for a minute will ya?"

The group stops their track and turns around.

"What do you want, Raichi?" Chigiri asked, frowning.

Raichi smirks and open his palm as Kuon place something on it.

"I wanna show you guys something... Hey, freak!" He called, as Iqram startled.

"Look what I found~" he sang, flipping three polaroids in one hand.

After observing it, Iqram had his eyes widen.

"W-Wha- W-Where did you-"

"Find it? Well... Kuon may have not doing some research of the Jelavićs cases and found these~ I'm pretty sure you remember it" Raichi stated with a grinned.

"What are you even doing with these dumb pictures? Let's go Iqram... Don't waste your ti-"

Kira cut off his sentence when his eyes landed on the frighten Iqram who had his mouth gapped, following with his frozen and shaking body.

The boys frowns in curiousity.

"Iqram-Chan? Why are you-" as Bachira was about to reach his hand out, Iqram yelled out.

"S-Stop showing that picture! Throw it away!" He demanded, startled the rest of the boys.

"Iqram..."

"And what if I don't?" Raichi asked.

Iqram didn't answer as his breath getting heavier and heavier.

He tripped and falls on his butt, eyes still staring horrorfiedly at the shown pictures.

"Iqram!" Both Isagi and Kunigami called out in shock and immediately kneel down.

"P-Please... T-Throw the pictures a-away..." Iqram exclaim, tears started to flood his eyes.

"SNAP"

A click sound could be heard triggered the group.

"Holy moly! I got a perfect shot!" Imamura exclaim, looking down at his phone after he snapped a few pictures of the crying Iqram.

"Just what I needed... Now... For the finishing touch..." Raichi exclaim and walk up to Iqram.

"You sure you don't want to see these pictures for the last time, freak?" He asked, wiggle the pictures infront of Iqram.

Iqram gasped and back up.

"No! N-No! Back off! Please! S-Stop showing those pictures please!" He begged, eyes closed shut while looking away with tears sliding down his cheek.

"What are you scared about?~ It's just pictures-" Raichi was interrupted when a hand snatches the polaroids away.

"Hey!" He yell, turning at the source.

"If he says stop, then stop..." Bachira exclaim, crumble the polaroids and toss it in the bin.

Raichi gritted his teeth in anger.

Imamura who's watching the scene, noticed a hand trying to steal his phone from behind.

He got triggered by it and immediately dodge it.

"What do you think you're doing?" Imamura asked, watches as Chigiri sweat dropped after his attempt failed.

"I need to delete that picture of yours obviously" Chigiri exclaim with a glare.

"You want to delete it? Then come and get it" Imamura exclaim, handing his phone forward.

As Chigiri was about to grab it, Imamura toss it away last minute.

"Whoops! My hands slipped!" He exclaim.

Chigiri gasped and turns at the source, watching Kuon catches it.

"Oop!- I got it!" Kuon exclaim and started to run off.

"Oi, Rai! We need to go! Almost got our perfect plan ruined!" Imamura yell and runs behind Kuon.

Raichi click his tongue and turns to Iqram.

"Just wait and see when school's starts!" Raichi exclaim and runs off with a laugh.

The group just glares at the three bullies and soften right away when they shift their gaze at the trembling Iqram.

Iqram had his arms hugging his knees while shaking badly.

"Iqram... It's alright now... They're gone.." Kunigami exclaim, shaking Iqram's shoulder.

Iqram sobs and look up at his friends with teary eyes.

"Sorry I couldn't delete that photo from Imamura's phone... I got caught last minute" Chigiri apologized.

"N-No... It's okay..." Iqram cooed and wipes his tears.

Isagi and Kunigami who's kneeling on both Iqram's sides, helps him stood up.

"Thanks guys... Though you all had to see me... cry.." Iqram thanked while looking down.

"Hey, there's no need to be shy... We all cried before..." Kira spoke, placing his hand on Iqram's left shoulder.

"Kira's right! As long as we're here with you, we'll stood up for you at all cost! We ain't scared of anything!" Bachira cheered, placing his hand on Iqram's other shoulder as the rest nods their heads in agreement.

Iqram stares at his friends in amazement and chuckles.

"I'm so lucky to have you all as my friends" he cooed.

The rest flashes him a smile until a certain redhead spoke up behind the group, startled them all.

"What's going on? Why is Iqram crying?" They spoke.

"GWAH!" all the boys scream in fear and turns their body around.

Their face turns white and their mouth were left hanging when they were met with the only Akashi Seijurou in his basketball attire, standing behind them with his arms crossed.

"I-It's..."

"Ah, Sei-Nii-"

"It's Akashi-sama!!!" They all screamed and runs off, hiding behind Iqram.

Iqram stood there frozen, blinking at the scene he just witnessed.

He then grins nervously and sweat dropped.

Akashi had his head tilted in confusedness.

"What's with your friends?"

"Seems like they're afraid of you..."